The Affordable Care Act is bringing changes to the way health insurance will be provided to many Americans. Local officials are getting questions from their constituents on how to obtain health coverage. The answer is not as complicated as people might think.
How do cities reduce and control -- before they get out of hand -- the challenges they know they'll be facing?
NLC, in partnership with Citi Community Development, is hosting a webinar on Thursday, September 5th from 2 - 3 p.m. ET to showcase the growing vitality, experimentation, and creativity of cities in the U.S.
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation recently announced the launch of a new Models for Change Resource Center Partnership that will bolster juvenile justice reform efforts
Build America Mutual Assurance Company (BAM), the nation’s first mutual municipal bond insurer endorsed by the National League of Cities, recently reported that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed BAM’s AA/Stable financial strength rating -- the industry’s highest S&P rating.
Throughout the August congressional recess, NLC continues to ask local officials for their help in protecting the tax exempt status of municipal bonds.
Thirty-two Kansas mayors signed a letter to the Kansas congressional delegation, urging them to support common sense immigration reform. The call from Kansas (and NLC) mirrors the current national outlook on immigration.
The Community Emergency Hub mobile workshop will take place on Wednesday, November 13 during NLC’s Congress of Cities in Seattle, Wash.
Neil Peirce writes that Attorney General Eric Holder has finally said he is ready to blow the whistle on America's ill-fated, racially tinged and cruelly applied "war on drugs."
NLC corporate partner Comcast kicked off it's third year of the Internet Essentials program, the nation’s largest and most comprehensive broadband adoption program for low-income families.
